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Len Lye, Water Whirler

Len Lye

American · 1901–1980 · Painter, Sculptor

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2auction results2021–2024years recorded100%sold (2)$15.8kSign up free to seemedian price

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  1. Len Lye, Twilight, 1945, oil on canvas boardTwilightRago Auctions · $30,240≈ £23,979≈ €27,959Sign up to see
  2. Len Lye, Self-Portrait (With Night Tree), black and white photograph published by the Len Lye Foundation in 2008 from the 1947 original, 73/250Self-Portrait (With Night Tree)Art+Object · NZ$1,931≈ $1,357≈ £1,010≈ €1,185Sign up to see

Len Lye’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

New Zealand artist, film maker and poet (1901–1980)

Born 1901, ChristchurchDied 1980, WarwickOccupation Painter, SculptorWikidata Q1288566 ↗ULAN 500074084 ↗Museum works 1

Also known as Leonard Charles Huai, Leonard Charles Huia Lye, Lye

Works in museum collections

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Len Lye, Water Whirler
Water Whirler
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CC BY 2.0 · Richard from DC, US, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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